Category: Phantasy Star Online 2

Phantasy Star Online 2 has been announced for the PlayStation 4 console and is slated for a 2016 release! This announcement followed the exciting reveal of Episode 4 during the ARKS Festival 2015 Special. Episode 4, along with its brand new logo, will be released sometime in 2016.

The PlayStation 4 version will appear in playable form at the 2015 Tokyo Game Show!

 

 

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 Post Livestream Update

• Added minor tidbit with PSO2es.
• Added PSO Concert tidbit.

 

ARKS Festival

Say おどったろう in chat sometime between now through 8/26 maintenance to receive these wonderful items from the live broadcasters and Takenobu Mitsuyoshi at a later date:

• Mitsuyoshi Hair
• Momoi Hair
• Ichitaro Hair
• Light & Fluffy Chignon
• Mitsuyoshi Glasses

These items can be retrieved from the visiphone some time in a future maintenance.

 

 

★ Emergency Quest Boost Poll ★

• Viewers selected [A Profound Invasion] for the Emergency Quest Boost.
• The Boost will occur after the ARKS Dance Festival on August 16th @ 22:00 JST
• +200% Rare Drop and +200% EXP Boost.
• Extra +10% if you attend the Live Event.

 

 

PSO2's 3rd Cosplay Contest

• Congratulations to Shoumatsuya for winning the Cosplay Contest

 

 

Otsukimi Lobby

• Otsukimi Lobby (~10/14)
• Traverse the clouds in the lobby.
• Otsukimi Bingo (~10/14)
• Otsukimi Xie
• New Bingo Rewards

 

Early September Update

• Collaboration with 7th Dragon 2020-II
• Hacker & Lucier costumes, hairstyles, & accessories
• A variety of other costumes and parts.

 

November Update

• 7th Dragon III code: VFD collaboration.
• Samurai, (Female) Fortuner, and (Female) Rune Knight costumes, hairstyles, and accessories.
• PSO2es Collaboration too

 

Early September Update

• New Kuron Emergency Quest for a limited time
• Luna Nyau summons Gal Gryphon?
• New weapon Drops.

 

 

Late September Update

• New Scratch (Mega Dimension Heroine)
• IF, Uranus Uzume, and Purple Heart's costumes, hairstyles, and accessories.
• SEGA Hard Girls Accessory and Room Items
• Weapon Camos too.

 

Late September Update

• More items at the Ragol Memory Exchange Shop
• Fomar and Fomarl Repca.
• New Client Orders for Ultimate Naberius & Ultimate Lillipa! (Hans & Franka)

 

Late September Update

• Ultimate Naberius Readjusted.
• Adjusted enemy behavior, stats, and drops.
• New ★12 weapon drops.
• Get ★13 "Nemesis" weapons by trading in Garrel crystals.

 

PSO2es Updates

• New ★9 ARKS Quest.
• We finally reach to the story's conclusion.
• What will be the fate of Seraphy and Dr. Cohen.
• New Boss: Blu Ringahda
• Please wait for a followup report on future story developments.

 

 

PSO2es Event & Updates

• Emergency Quest Ranking Event.
  • PSO2es limited costume (King Rappy Suit) & Rare Items
  • Rank high or achieve certain scores to receive Operation Stars and get all sorts of items.
• Improved the contents of the Tutorial
• PSO2es My Shop feature will finally support ★12 weapons and 11★ units
• Relaxed interlocking EXP Cap from PSO2 to PSO2es.

 

PSO2es Event And Update

• PSO2es first ★12 chip will be a weaponoid designed by Yuji Himukai!
• ★12 chips will appear for a limited time in certain scratches as a "Seasonally Rare Chip"
• New Weaponoids, characters, PAs, and Technics will be added in the future.

 

 

Episode 3 Roadmap

Fall 2015

• New Story Quest
• New Dark Falz
• New 12 Person Boss Battle
• New Anime Collaboration Scratch
• Limited Quest

Winter

• New Video Game Collaboration Scratch
• New Time Attack Quest
• New Mining Base Defense
• Extreme Quest Expansion

(And a new legend begins…)

 

~ PSO2 The Animation Preview ~

 

~ End of Episode 3 ~

 

 Phantasy Star Online 2: Episode 4

• Reborn: Episode 4 will be coming in 2016.
• New Title Logo coming along with the release.

 

PSO2 2016 Announcement

• PSO2 has been announced for Playstation 4. It will be playable at this year's Tokyo Game Show!

 

Phantasy Star Online 2: Episode 1&2 Setting Material Collection (Tentative Title)

• Contains illustrations and explanation materials to the world of PSO2.
• Interviews with the main staff.
• Item Codes are also available.

 

PSO 15th Anniversary Concert: Sympathy 2015

• Yuji Naka (PSO1 Producer) and Takao Miyoshi (PSO1 Director) will appear as guests.
• Additional performers: Shouta Aoi and Emi Nitta

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PSO2es ONLY Maintenance

• August 12th @ 10:00 ~ 13:00 JST
• August 11th @ 9:00 PM ~ 12:00 AM EDT

Week-long +100% Challenge Mile Boost Period

• August 12th @ [tooltip type="link" link="javascript:void(null)" target="_self" tooltip="Event is currently underway!" style="top" ]0:00[/tooltip] JST ~ August 19th's Maintenance

PSO2 Live Broadcast #34 ~ ARKS Festival 2015 Special ~

• Live on Nico Nico (August 16th @ 13:00 ~ 18:00 JST)

Live Broadcast #34 Topics

• PSO2's 3rd Cosplay Contest!
• Details for the updates during those long autumn nights and other major announcements.
• Unveiling of the future roadmap
• Arks Exhibition Match with 'Celebrities' and selected 'Grand Prix' members.
• More details on the PSO2 Anime
• Part 2 of the Arks Cafe menu
• More Sympathy 2015 information
• Real-life ARKS Dance Festival

 

Dengeki PlayStation Vol. 596 is available now and includes an item code for the [＊Twin Fluorescent Bulbs ] weapon camo for twin daggers and dual blades! Other items include a Half Doll and five Casino Coin Passes.

 

PSO2 Fashion Catalog 2012 – 2015

On August 11th, Dengeki released the first ever fashion catalog for PSO2! Over 4,000 fashion items are documented inside with pictures and descriptions, including costumes, hairstyles, accessories, and more. The catalog also includes item codes for cool new objects in PSO2, such as a crouching lobby action.

• スポーティーＳヘアＧＶ ║ Sporty S Hair GV
• 流し前髪エクステ ║ Swept Bangs Extension
• 192「しゃがむ」 ║ Crouch (/la crouch) 
• グリーン撮影ブース ║ Green Filming Booth
• カラーチェンジパス ║ Color Change Pass
• エステ無料パス ║ Free Salon Pass